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Booth's Hill & Booth's Lane formerly Lymm Booths

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lymm

Historical Forms

  • Lym(m)e Bothes 1284–5 ChF, Orm2
  • Lym(m)bothes 1377 Eyre
  • Lym(m) Bothez 1538 Plea
  • Lym(m) Boothes 1639 ChRR
  • Lymm Booths 1831 Bry 1860 White
  • Lim(m)e-Bo(o)th(e)s 1666 Orm2
  • Over Lim(m)e-Bo(o)th(e)s 1666 ib
  • Higher Lim(m)e-Bo(o)th(e)s 1700 Sheaf
  • le Bothes 1347 Plea
  • Booths Lane 1831 Bry
  • Booth's Hill 1860 White

Etymology

'The booths', v. bōth , probably referring to herdsmen's huts at a pasturage, cf. Somerford Booths 163, Knutsford Booths 76infra .